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'''Proxmox Virtual Environment''' ('''PVE''', or simply '''Proxmox''') is a [[virtualization]] platform designed for the provisioning of [[hyper-converged infrastructure]].
Proxmox allows deployment and management of [[virtual machine]]s and [[OS-level virtualization|containers]].<ref>{{ cite book | author = Simon M.C. Cheng | title = Proxmox High Availability | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PtskBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 | date = 31 October 2014 | publisher = Packt Publishing Ltd | isbn = 978-1-78398-089-5 | pages = 41– }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last = Plura | first = Michael | date = July 2013 | title = Aus dem Nähkästchen | url = http://www.heise.de/ix/inhalt/2013/07/74/ | journal = IX Magazin | volume = 2013 | issue = 7 | pages = 74–77 | publisher = Heise Zeitschriften Verlag | access-date = July 20, 2015 }}</ref> It is based on a modified [[
It includes a web-based management interface.<ref>Vervloesem, Koen. [http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/proxmox-ve-2-0-review-a-virtualization-server-for-any-situation "Proxmox VE 2.0 review – A virtualization server for any situation"], ''[[Linux User & Developer]]'', 11 April 2012. Retrieved on 16 July 2015.</ref><ref name="drilling">{{cite journal |last=Drilling |first=Thomas |date=May 2013 |title=Virtualization Control Room |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2013/150/Proxmox-VE |journal=Linux Pro Magazine |publisher=Linux New Media USA |access-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> There is also a mobile application available for controlling PVE environments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proxmox Virtual Environment |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proxmox.app.pve_flutter_frontend |website=Google Play |publisher=Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
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Another HA-related element in PVE is the distributed file system [[Ceph (software)|Ceph]], which can be used as a shared storage for guest machines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ladyzhenskyi |first1=Pavel |title=Setting up a Proxmox VE cluster with Ceph shared storage |url=https://medium.com/@qwonkiwow/setting-up-a-proxmox-ve-cluster-with-ceph-shared-storage-e7a4f652f321 |website=Medium.com |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
There is also an independent tool available for rebalancing virtual machines and containers between nodes, called Prox Load Balancer (ProxLB).<ref name="proxlb">{{cite web |url=https://proxlb.de/ |title=ProxLB - The Prox Load Balancer for Proxmox |publisher=ProxLB |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>
===Virtual Appliances===
Proxmox VE has pre-packaged server [[software appliances]] which can be downloaded via the GUI.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-next-server-operating-system-you-buy-will-be-a-virtual-machine/ |title=The next server operating system you buy will be a virtual machine|date=15 October 2013 |website=ZDNET |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref>
==Proxmox Datacenter Manager==
At the end of 2024 it was announced that new product is being developed - Proxmox Datacenter Manager (PDM). Its role is to aggregate management of multiple PVE clusters or hosts, possibly thousands. First release was labelled as alpha, with beta and stable versions expected in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |author1=t.lamprecht |title=Proxmox Datacenter Manager - First Alpha Release |url=https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-datacenter-manager-first-alpha-release.159324/ |website=Proxmox forum |access-date=9 July 2025 |date=Dec 19, 2024}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
{{Commons category|Proxmox Virtual Environment}}
* [[Comparison of platform virtualization software]]
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